Ghana Resident: Why Does China Send Workers To Africa When So Many Here Are Unemployed?
The China Africa Project explores tough questions about the country and continent’s relationship. This week, we talk about unemployment and ...
Tag: Economy
Ghana’s biggest economic problem: People don’t have money to spend
Last week the finance minister revised economic growth outlook indicating that the 5.4% growth estimated for 2016 is no longer ...
IMANI Alert: What the recent reduction in Inflation means and how we can sustain the trend
Aside the pass-through effects of increases in taxes, petroleum levies and utility costs coupled with energy supply challenges, the weak ...
Beyond the AU passport: Prospects for Africa’s integration and prosperity
In July 2016, the African Union (AU) launched the AU electronic passport (e-passport). The flagship initiative stems from Agenda 2063, ...
Why has Africa failed to industrialise?
At no point in recent history have calls for Africa to industrialise been stronger than they have been lately. Across ...
Enabling female entrepreneurs and beyond
Investing in female entrepreneurs has a multiplier effect. Women often invest a higher proportion of their income back into their ...
Back to Basics: What Is Money?
Without it, modern economies could not function What Is Money? Money may make the world go around, as the song ...
INTERVIEW: ALI-NAKYEA’S TAKE ON BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE TAX SYSTEM IN GHANA PT2
“Three things are certain, competition, death and TAXES” – Unknown The review and introduction of new taxes at the beginning ...
How to take Africa from Third World to First World in no future distance.
One of the most hotly debated topics in development economics is: what does it take to steer a poor country ...
Local Content and Value Addition: Is Ghana getting it right?
Local content and value addition strategy is one of the methods resource-rich countries are adopting to increase the benefits from ...